INDEX OF INTRODUCED BILLS

THIS INDEX INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING BILLS:

HB 1 -- 678/-/hjr_1 -- 39/-/HR 1, 2

SB 1 -- 534/-/sjr 1 -- 21/-/SR 1 -- 7

The presence of a slash (/) in an entry indicates an amendment addition or change.

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ABORTION Removal or clarification of certain provisions declared invalid by judiciary, removing restrictions on place of performing and on advertising, and revising definition of partial-birth abortion, HB 530

AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL Indians, representation on, HB 670 Matching grant program to be administered by council to support qualified organizations seeking legal remedies related to unfair foreign trade practices and implementation of international trade agreements, HB 577

APPRENTICESHIP AND APPRENTICES Electrician apprentices licensure examinations before apprenticeship expires, allowing, SB 217 number allowed to work in each shop that employs qualified master or qualified journeyman electrician and requirements provided for employment of additional apprentices, SB 242 prohibiting more than one from serving under a/fewer than two licensed journeyman or master electricians or a combination, SB 242 Instruction program, lottery net proceeds to support, HB 21

BIOSPHERE RESERVES DESIGNATION AND BIOSPHERE PROGRAM Opposition to inclusion of state land and urging that proposed treaty not be ratified, HJR 10

BIRTH Breastfeeding -- local government prohibited from adopting ordinances prohibiting and providing that breastfeeding may not be considered a nuisance, indecent exposure, sexual conduct, or obscenity, SB 398 Certified copy of certificate, fee increased and submission to electorate, SB 281

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CAPITAL COMPANIES Repeal of provisions, SB 519 Small business investment company provisions revised to ensure compliance with federal law and authorizing additional companies, SB 169

CAPITOL AND OTHER STATE BUILDINGS Fire protection or security services, requiring budget preparation for and contracts with cities and towns to provide if funding is available, HB 634 Mansfield, Mike -- recognition of stellar career, the essential support of his wife maureen, and authorizing placement of statue on capitol complex commemorating, SJR 10 Memorials, permanent placement of certain memorials in capitol complex, SJR 4State building energy conservation program, bond issue to fund and approval of projects, HB 12

CHARITIES Commercial enterprise business income of religious, charitable, scientific, and educational corporations and associations -- tax on and submission to electorate, HB 518 property or income of nonprofit corporation or public charity that is used in or generated by, tax-exempt status retained or eliminated -- interim study of advisability, HB 516 property used in, subject to property tax and submission to electorate, HB 519

CITIES AND TOWNS, See also LOCAL GOVERNMENT Annexation hearing in conjunction with zoning hearing, modifying procedures for conducting, SB 423 Building code jurisdiction, extension -- mail ballot election required and moratorium on application and enforcement in existing areas of extended jurisdiction, HB 91 Electricity supplier to residential and commercial customers of public utility -- allowing cities, counties, and consolidated governments to be default suppliers, HB 211 Health, city-county boards -- joint creation, authority extended to all classes of cities, HB 319 Herd districts, allowing county to create a district of 1 square mile or more outside of incorporated cities, SB 177 Historically significant buildings or monuments, authorizing sale or donation of property to nonprofit organization or group for restoration or preservation, HB 353 Homeowners' rights, protection by general revision of laws that may infringe on those rights, HB 441 Infractions, creation of category of and procedures for enforcement, SB 348 Infrastructure development and maintenance costs, counties authorized to voluntarily appropriate and transfer funds for, SB 95 Land to be wholly surrounded with an improvement or to annex land that wholly surrounds land that will not be annexed, majority of owners to approve actions, HB 441 Livestock, trespassing -- impoundment provisions extended to unincorporated city or town when, HB 503 Newly incorporated city or town, county to retain property within as part of tax base for purpose of levying taxes for maintenance, SB 294 Park maintenance districts, creation without election authorized when, HB 586 Police officers' training expenses, contracts for reimbursement if minimum service requirement not fulfilled, HB 192 Rural fire districts and rural fire service areas, reimbursement for tax or rate loss resulting when municipality annexes portion of district or area, HB 375 Special improvement district management and control, mandatory transfer to city or town when territory of district is annexed into, SB 350 State-owned buildings, contracts for fire protection or security services if funding is available, HB 634 Violations, decriminalization and creating category of municipal infractions, SB 348 Water rights in waters classified as A-Closed, criteria for presumption of nonabandonment, SB 235 Zoning regulation changes, protest provisions modified, SB 96

CITY OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES Economic development corporations/organizations, nonprofit -- allowing employees to be considered as city employees for purpose of participation in health insurance contracts or plans, HB 250 Election of officers for newly incorporated city or town, requirements revised, HB 228

CITY OR TOWN CLERK Sewer charges, delinquent -- notice requirement changed and allowing delinquent sewer or water service assessment list to be filed with department of revenue, HB 99

CITY TREASURER Sewer charges, delinquent -- notice requirement changed and allowing delinquent sewer or water service assessment list to be filed with department of revenue, HB 99

CIVIL PROCEDURE Attorney fees to be awarded to prevailing party in certain actions and proceedings, HB 481 False pleading, penalty provided for filing or for failing to reasonably inquire into whether each allegation or statement in pleading is reasonable, HB 587 User surcharge for funding court information technology termination date eliminated/extended and submission to electorate for extension, HB 41, HB 49 termination date extended or on the occurrence of a contingency eliminated/submission to electorate for extension, HB 104

CODE COMMISSIONER State agency programs scheduled for termination, requiring legislation exempting from unfunded mandate law the amounts required to be spent by local government units as result of, HB 501

CONSTITUTION OF MONTANA, AMENDMENT Government finance -- for limitation requiring two-thirds vote to increase taxes, appropriations, or fees, HB 653 Health care information, extending right of privacy in individually identifiable information to state and nongovernmental persons, firms, corporations, and institutions, SB 102 Health care trust fund, dedication of portion of tobacco settlement proceeds to -- provision for and portion of interest and income appropriated for health care programs, SB 323 Initiatives for constitutional amendments to change distribution of minimum number of electors who must petition for placement on ballot/to require that signatures be gathered in 1/2 of the counties rather than 2/5 of legislative districts, SB 498 to increase minimum number of qualified state electors who must petition for placement on ballot/to require at least 15% of qualified state electors to petition for placement on ballot, SB 493 to increase number of electors required to approve from a majority of those voting to 2/3 of the electors voting, SB 497 Initiatives, statutory to change distribution of minimum number of electors who must petition to place on ballot, SB 496 to change method of determining number of qualified electors required in each county and in the state, SB 496 to increase minimum number of electors who must petition/requiring at lease 8% of the qualified electors to petition to place on ballot, SB 494 to require that signatures be gathered in 1/2 of the counties rather than 1/3 of legislative districts, SB 496 Land Commissioners, Board of -- membership change, HB 484 Legislative candidate to reside in legislative district that candidate seeks to represent and in district that legislator was elected to represent, amendment requiring, HB 271 Legislative session, bills introduced in -- to limit, HB 409 Legislative terms, to increase number of years and to stagger terms of members of house of representatives, SB 43 Property tax livestock and poultry, on value of -- prohibiting, SB 528 personal property used for commercial purposes, on value of or on certain motor vehicles -- prohibiting, SB 527 state prohibited from levying for education and allowing locally imposed taxes for governmental purposes, SB 526 to allow equalization of property values to be based on classification and on acquisition values of general residential, commercial, and industrial property class and to allow limits to changes in valuation of certain property, SB 61 Referendums, requiring number and geographic distribution of persons petitioning be changed/requiring 8% of all electors and 8% of electors in 1/2 of the counties to petition, SB 495 State compensation insurance fund assets, investment -- provision for, SB 23 State lands, general recreational use -- to ensure Montana residents do not need to have state license or to pay state fee for/allowing the state to require a fee for, HB 488 Supreme court justices, length of terms -- to reduce, SB 42 Tax changes resulting in local revenue loss or increased tax burden, to prohibit legislature from enacting, SB 529 Term limits elected state officials and legislators, revision, SB 39 judges, imposition, SB 41

CONSUMER REPORTS AND REPORTING AGENCIES Overdue amounts reported by creditors, failure to collect amount within 90 days after report or if debt is paid -- information to be removed from consumer's file and exception, HB 227 Reports furnished to consumers on request, annual free or discounted credit reports and toll-free telephone access to consumer information to be provided, HB 493

DEATH PENALTY Abolishment, HB 278 Appeal to supreme court, direct -- provided for cases involving, SB 443 Execution of sentence, pronouncement of death by county coroner required and witness provisions revised, HB 53 Interim study of imposition, carrying out of, and rationale for keeping as one form of punishment, SJR 19 Jury trial, judge may impose only if jury has unanimously recommended imposition, SB 503 Moratorium on imposition and execution, establishment, SB 363 Offenders less than 18/16 years of age at the time of commission of a capital offense, abolishment for, HB 374 Sexual intercourse without consent, removal of death sentence for person convicted twice and who inflicted serious bodily injury on person during commission of each offense, HB 279

DEBTOR-CREDITOR RELATIONSHIPS Overdue amounts reported by creditors, failure to collect amount within 90 days after report or if debt is paid -- information to be removed from consumer's file and exception, HB 227

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Certified communities program, tribal government participation allowed, HB 524 Community Infrastructure Grants Program Act, SB 459 Native American Economic Development Act of 1999, HB 670 Nonprofit corporations/organizations, allowing employees to be considered as city or county employees for purpose of participation in health insurance contracts or plans, HB 250

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REVITALIZATION DISTRICTS Creation and use of tax increment financing, HB 579

ELECTRICIANS Apprentices licensure examinations before apprenticeship expires, allowing, SB 217 number allowed to work in each shop that employs qualified master or qualified journeyman electrician and requirements provided for employment of additional apprentices, SB 242 prohibiting more than one from serving under a/fewer than two licensed journeyman or master electricians or a combination, SB 242 Job site, failure to display license at -- citation and fine provisions, HB 461 Person need not be licensed to perform work on their own property when they obtain required permits and submit to required inspections, SB 218

ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS WITH STATE AGENCIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS ACT, HB 188

EMERGENCIES AND EMERGENCY POWERS Declaration of state of emergency declared in 1933 -- declaring an end and that all legislative actions taken by extraordinary session of 23rd legislative assembly are rescinded/to be reviewed for current need, and providing legislation be developed by committee to implement the declaration, HB 623 Emergency Management Assistance Compact, adoption, HB 173 Fire, mitigating disasters and emergencies caused by -- statutory appropriation combined with appropriation for mitigating disasters caused by all other causes, HB 75 Local entities upon declaration of disaster or emergency -- application for funding, reimbursement to state, and submission of levy to electorate, SB 193 School Emergency Management Plan, HB 37 Schools encouraged to cooperate and coordinate with emergency services agencies in identifying local hazards, designing appropriate drills, and developing emergency management plans, HJR 20 State Emergency Response Commission, membership provisions revised and provision for presiding officers, HB 89 Telephone company's release of information to emergency communications systems personnel, clarification, HB 437

ESTATES AND PROBATE, See also TAXATION, ESTATES Court information technology, user surcharge for funding termination date eliminated/extended and submission to electorate for extension, HB 41, HB 49 termination date extended or on the occurrence of a contingency eliminated/submission to electorate for extension, HB 104 Nonprobate transfer provisions, public retirement system provisions to supersede, HB 182 Public administrator who is appointed conservator of estate, compensation revised, HB 296 Revision of provisions generally, SB 473 Small estates for which personal property can be collected by affidavit, value increased, HB 283

FORCIBLE ENTRY OR FORCIBLE OR UNLAWFUL DETAINER Summons and complaint, revising time for appearing and answering, HB 27

FOREIGN CAPITAL DEPOSITORIES Assessment fee revenue, percentage to be deposited into special revenue account and account funds to be appropriated for economic development, HB 239 Assessment payments, distribution to individual income taxpayers for income tax relief, SB 426

FORENSIC SCIENCE Specimens of evidence to be performed for state and local law enforcement officers, clarification, HB 327

FORESTS AND FORESTRY City or town park and forestry maintenance districts, authorization, HB 363 Gasoline tax refunds, harvesting and transport of timber included in definition of farming or ranching for purposes of, SB 311 National forest road closures and obliteration, requesting current federal policies be rescinded/suspended and that congress reaffirm directives that forest lands be managed in accordance with plans that provide for multiple-use management, HJR 26 Off-highway vehicles, use allowed on certain forest development roads and exempting certain young drivers from licensing requirements, HB 467 Rollback tax required when forest land has been converted to another use and submission to electorate, SB 514, SB 515 Special fuel tax refunds, harvesting and transport of timber included in definition of farming or ranching for purposes of, SB 310 State lands, forest land report by board of land commissioners to trust beneficiaries -- requirements, SB 411 State trust lands, timber conservation license in lieu of sale of timber, HB 485 Timber slash, control and management requirements revised, SB 412 U.S. forest service roads, prohibiting issuance of approval or permit to u.s. forest service for project including obliteration of existing road until issuance procedures have been reviewed, HB 633

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GAMBLING Alcoholic beverage licenses airport all-beverages liquor license lessee, gambling operator's license and associated permits leased to, SB 419 publicly owned, eligibility for certain gambling activities, SB 419 resort area all-beverages licenses, resort area gambling machine permits limited, SB 453 Bar customers allowed to play any game or the game of ping pong pavvy in which a customer may once each day pay an amount of money predetermined by the establishment in attempt to win merchandise or portion or all of a pool of money paid to play the game since game was last won, HB 216 Casino night, cash prizes allowed and limitation on and allowing night to be held on two separate occasions, SB 351 Casinos, regulations for, HB 447 Crimes having gambling as element of or caused by or otherwise related to -- requiring gathering, compilation, and reporting of, HB 576 Health security fund tax on gambling machine licensing, SB 511 Illegal gambling devices and associated equipment to be imported, stored, demonstrated, and sold to other jurisdictions -- allowing and providing for endorsement for exporters, SB 272 Lottery game based on or representing prohibited form of gambling, offering prohibited, SB 307 Mail sweepstakes, definition of prohibited gambling activities to include, SB 185 Problem and pathological gambling prevention and treatment program, creation and funding SB 224, HB 109 Public involvement increased in issuing licenses and permits, HB 447 Sports tab games sellers, registration required in lieu of licensing, HB 43 Video gambling machines automated accounting and reporting system, HB 109, HB 402 county or district fairs, authorization at and providing for limitations and use of proceeds, SB 357 licensee operating racetrack where live horseraces are held, requirements for machines available for play, HB 297

GAME WARDENS Insurance, individual or group disability -- renewal or continuation of coverage for spouse or dependents when officer dies within course and scope of employment, SB 99

GAME WARDENS' AND PEACE OFFICERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM Guaranteed annual benefit adjustment, removal of provision that stops adjustment if recipient becomes active member of another retirement system, SB 295 Optional benefits, certain benefits to revert back to regular retirement benefits upon member's request if contingent annuitant dies or marriage is dissolved and settlement or family law order does not entitle them to optional benefit, SB 457

HEALTH, LOCAL BOARDS OF City-county boards, authority for joint creation extended to all classes of cities, HB 319 County commissioners, board of -- discretion allowed in setting number of members of county board of health, HB 230 Federal superfund sites and sites regulated under CERCLA, authorization to adopt and enforce institutional controls at, HB 331 Subdivision, sanitation in -- authority modified and clarified, SB 433

HIGHER EDUCATION, COMMISSIONER OF Appropriation, HB 2 University system employee group benefit plans, development authorized, HB 421 Vocational and technical education state plan, requiring superintendent of public instruction and commissioner to work cooperatively on, SB 393

HOME CARE WORKERS Criminal history background checks required, prohibiting background checks based on fingerprints, and submission to electorate of the increase in number of employers required to conduct and subject to fee, SB 402, SB 403

HORSERACING Video gambling machine licensee operating racetrack where live horseraces are held, machines available for play -- requirements and payout in purses to include gross income after payment of machine tax and deductions, HB 297

INTERIM STUDIES Cluster development and preservation of agricultural land or open space, options that could be implemented by local governments to provide incentives for, SJR 21 Committee functions and process revised, SB 11 Competition by state political subdivisions with private sector, effects of, HB 515 Contracts with private sector vendors, of state's laws and procedures that govern, SJR 9 Death penalty -- imposition, carrying out of, and rationale for keeping as one form of punishment, SJR 19 Declaration of state of emergency declared in 1933 -- declaring an end and that all legislative actions taken by extraordinary session of 23rd legislative assembly are rescinded/to be reviewed for current need, and providing legislation be developed by committee to implement the declaration, HB 623 Eminent domain, use of power of and existing statutes related to, HJR 34 Firearms records checks of purchasers, methods for state law alternative method for, HB 566 Fish and wildlife resources conservation and management, sources and levels of funding for and historic and current departmental responsibilities, HJR 33 I.M.No. 37 -- fiscal effects, revenue implications, potential state liability for a takings action, impact on school equalization revenue, and socioeconomic impacts of, HJR 39 Indian Affairs, Committee on -- proposal to create a state commission on indian affairs, HJR 12 Judicial districts, necessity of redistricting, HB 339 Juvenile probation officer employment and salary issues, HJR 38 Legislature, televising/broadcasting deliberations of, HJR 18 Local governments and local officials, of laws affecting, HJR 29 Managed mental health care, privatization, HJR 35 Mortgage lending and lenders, SB 482 Nonprofit corporations or purely public charities, property or income used in or generated by commercial enterprise -- advisability of retaining or eliminating tax-exempt status for, HB 516 Sentencing statutes, data information collection and management, and issues related to, SJR 14 University system, education interim committee to study administration and funding of, SJR 16 Women's prison issues, HJR 37 Workers' compensation, current level of benefits paid to injured workers and the frequency of indemnity claims, SJR 15

IRRIGATION DISTRICTS Board of control, member at large may be nonlandowner representative of person or entity receiving water from a member district, HB 571 Governing body, election or appointment provisions revised, SB 488

JUDGES AND JUSTICES, See also specific court Retired judges or justices called for duty, compensation revised, HB 244 Term limits, constitutional amendment for imposition, SB 41

JUDGES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM Appropriation, HB 3 Guaranteed annual benefit adjustment, removal of provision that stops adjustment if recipient becomes active member of another retirement system, SB 295 Involuntary termination of member after completing at least 12 years service, full service retirement benefit provided regardless of age, HB 383 Optional benefits, certain benefits to revert back to regular retirement benefits upon member's request if contingent annuitant dies or marriage is dissolved and settlement or family law order does not entitle them to optional benefit, SB 457

JUDGMENTS AND DECREES Lien foreclosure, lienholder required to pay attorney fees in addition to costs if lienholder rejects defendant's offer of judgment, HB 361 Public contracts, providing that state's liability for interest and attorney fees provided in chapter 508, laws of 1997, is retroactive to and applies to contracts in effect on may 1, 1997, SB 463 Statute of limitations for commencement of action upon, conformance to other limitation periods when rendered in court not of record, SB 191

JURIES AND JURORS City or justice's court, misdemeanor cases -- defendant not limited to single jury trial, SB 190 Clarification of provisions and out-of-date provisions deleted, HB 382 Criminal prosecutions, jeopardy attaches when jury is empaneled and sworn -- clarification, SB 201 Death penalty, judge may impose only if jury in a jury trial has unanimously recommended imposition, SB 503 Waiver of trial by jury in felony criminal cases, requirement that it be in writing eliminated, HB 147

LANDLORD AND TENANT Abandoned mobile homes, providing landlord with method of disposal after notice to owner and lienholder, HB 614 County water or sewer district and municipal water or sewer system governing body prohibited from/establishing requirements to be met before requiring property owner to pay outstanding charges for services when they are incurred by renter, SB 74 Justices' courts, landlord/tenant issues -- landlord may be represented by person who manages or works for entity that manages property for landlord, SB 456

LAND USE PLANNING Cluster development and preservation of agricultural land or open space, requesting interim study of options that could be implemented by local governments to provide incentives for, SJR 21 Cluster developments, transferable development rights in exchange for preservation of open space land, SB 383 Lodging facility use tax, allocation to and use by local government, HB 273

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Eminent domain, request for interim committee to study use of power of and existing statutes related to, HJR 34 Fish and wildlife resources conservation and management, request for interim committee to study sources and levels of funding for and to study historic and current departmental responsibilities, HJR 33 Women's prison issues, request for interim committee to study, HJR 37 Workers' compensation, request for interim committee to study current level of benefits paid to injured workers and the frequency of indemnity claims, SJR 15

LONG-TERM CARE Health care economics and health care endowment program, study of economics and development of program, SB 385 Medicare program, congress and executive branch of united states government urged to take action to require coverage of long-term care and prescription drug costs by, SJR 5

MICROBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Deposit requirements for interest earnings on loans/accounts, department of commerce to have first lien on funds and receivables of corporation receiving loan, and corporation allowed to choose accountant for annual audit, HB 302 Indian reservations, enabling program to serve qualified organization operating on, HB 670

MUNICIPAL COURTS Corporations suing or defending suits on debts, allowing representation in court by person not an attorney or by corporate director or officer, HB 227 Fines, assignment of collection to private persons or entities, HB 233

NATUROPATHY AND NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS Health benefit plans may not prohibit individual from self-referral to and addition to freedom of choice in providers provision, SB 388

NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS Commercial enterprise property or income of nonprofit corporation or public charity that is used in or generated by, tax-exempt status retained or eliminated -- interim study of advisability, HB 516 property used in enterprise activity subject to property tax and submission to electorate, HB 517 County land acquired by tax deed, donation to, SB 207 Revision of laws generally, HB 264

PARENT AND CHILD Breastfeeding -- local government prohibited from adopting ordinances prohibiting and providing that breastfeeding may not be considered a nuisance, indecent exposure, sexual conduct, or obscenity, SB 398 Estates, definition of parent-child relationship clarified, SB 473 Fundamental right of parents to direct upbringing of their children, declaration of, SB 152 School grounds, minors' possession of weapon on -- criminal offense and including pellet guns and BB guns as weapons, HB 45

PARKING COMMISSIONS Business Improvement District board of directors allowed to be appointed as members of, HB 411

POWER OF ATTORNEY Family care powers -- 6-month limitation not applicable to certain national guard, active military forces, and federal reserve members, HB 52

PREDATORS AND PREDATOR CONTROL Bounty program, statewide -- revision, SB 392 Population increase presenting threat to livestock, wildlife, or public welfare -- county notification and open season allowed when, HB 440

PREGNANCY Pollutants, standards to protect children and pregnant women from health effects associated with prenatal and other exposures to, HB 600

PUBLIC LAND Access across public land to private and public land, continuation ensured, HB 352 Federalization of land in Montana, further -- opposition, HJR 8 Public access to public lands, program for, HB 398

PUBLIC OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES American Red Cross, state employees as volunteers providing disaster relief volunteer service -- granting of paid leave for, HB 583 Bloodborne pathogen standards for prevention of needlestick and sharps injuries to public employees, adoption required, SB 480 Bonus program for state employees, HB 562 Community infrastructure grants program, compensation to public officers and employees prohibited, SB 459 Court reporters, clarification that they are state employees, SB 237 Customer service training programs for state agencies, requirements, SB 168 Deferred compensation, state contribution to accounts of certain eligible state employees, HB 256 Drug and alcohol testing, state to implement qualified testing program to test prospective new public officers and employees as condition of hire, HB 489 Elected officials, reducing limit on personal staff, HB 359 Flexible spending account program, revision of provisions, SB 120 Governmental immunity and defense and indemnification of public officers and employees, revision and clarification, HB 261, HB 567 Group benefits, catastrophic coverage and medical care savings account plan created for state employees, HB 324 Lobbying by state employees and government entities prohibited and exceptions, HB 535 Pay and benefits for certain state employees, longevity allowance increased, mileage reimbursement rate revised, group benefit state contribution increased, and development and implementation of alternative pay and classification plan, HB 13 Phenylketonuria, mandatory coverage for inborn errors of metabolism -- applicability to state and local government employees, HB 266 Public service courtesy training programs, existing training program to include, SB 168 State teachers, pay plan revised and providing pay increases, HB 483 Tax increases or new taxes subject to Article VIII, sec. 17 of the Montana Constitution, use of public time and facilities to inform the public through the voter information pamphlet authorized, HB 342 Telecommuting, promoting for employees of all branches of state government, SB 431 Truth in Government Act, SB 382

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNMENT Public's right to, provisions revised, SB 82

PUBLIC RECORDS Access by public to nonprint records, revision of laws related to, HB 578 Constitutional right of public to examine, clarification and exclusions, HB 620 Right of public to examine, provisions revised, SB 82

RELIGION Commercial enterprise business income of religious, charitable, scientific, and educational corporations and associations -- for taxing and submission to electorate, HB 518 Day care facilities, immunization requirements -- rule for medical or religious exemption to be provided, HB 415

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Biomedical research facility, outstanding research and development loans -- department of commerce to develop repayment schedule and provisions to be included in schedule, SB 448 Coal severance tax trust fund investments, appropriation of outstanding balance, HB 265

RESOLUTIONS Agricultural products -- investigation into causes of ongoing depressed market prices and urging initiation of actions to stabilize nation's food producers, main street businesses, and rural america as whole, SJR 11 American Land Sovereignty Protection Act, support for, HJR 7 Billings, problems associated with railroad tracks dividing city -- congress requested to fund feasibility study and to implement study's findings to resolve, SJR 7 Biosphere reserves designation and biosphere program, opposition to inclusion of state land and urging that proposed treaty not be ratified, HJR 10 Brady Law, memorializing/urging congress to repeal, HJR 5 Capitol Complex, permanent placement of certain memorials authorized, SJR 4 Chief water judge, appointment by supreme court -- senate concurrence, SR 3 China, People's Republic of -- sister relations between Montana and government of guangxi zhuang, establishment urged, HJR 9 Cluster development and preservation of agricultural land or open space, requesting interim study of options that could be implemented by local governments to provide incentives for, SJR 21 Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project, Interior -- urging federal government to take certain actions concerning, HJR 17 Contracts with private sector vendors, interim study requested of state laws and procedures that govern, SJR 9 Death penalty -- request for interim study of imposition, carrying out of, and rationale for keeping as one form of punishment, SJR 19 Eddie Eagle Elementary Gun Safety Education Program, superintendent of public instruction and school districts encouraged to adopt, HJR 14 Eminent domain, request for interim study of use of power of and existing statutes related to, HJR 34 Environmental Policy Act, environmental quality council requested to conduct interim study of, SJR 18 Environmental Quality Council requested to coordinate with other agencies to study need for and utility of tax and other financial incentives to encourage voluntary cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated properties, HJR 3 Federalization of land in Montana, further federalization and designation of any river as an american heritage river opposed, HJR 8 Federal land -- urging full funding of payments in lieu of taxes, the proper harvest of allowable sale quota for timber, and renewal of compact with state and local governments to contribute fair share of taxes on, HJR 19 Fish and wildlife resources conservation and management, request for interim committee to study sources and levels of funding for and to study historic and current departmental responsibilities, HJR 33 Fish, supporting balance of needs of native anadromous fish and resident fish and wildlife through the use of science-based integrated rule curves, SJR 20 Governor's appointments, senate concurrence, SR 4, SR 5, SR 6 Grizzly bears -- objecting to release into selway-bitterroot wilderness and frank church river-of-no-return wilderness, urging end to population management control by united states fish and wildlife service, urging return of management to state agencies, requesting removal from threatened or endangered species list, and urging acceptance of liability for damages from recovery program if introduction measures are undertaken successfully, HJR 4 Holmes, J. D. -- honoring life and career, HJR 36 Hospitals and health care facilities urged to provide consumers with simple and straightforward billing information, HJR 22 Idaho, State of -- endorsing support of healthy stocks of native anadromous fish and opposing flow augmentation and the removal of dams on rivers and tributaries that are part of the columbia river basin, SJR 20 I.M.No. 37 -- interim study requested of fiscal effects, revenue implications, potential state liability for a takings action, impact on school equalization revenue, and socioeconomic impacts of, HJR 39 Indian Affairs, Committee on -- request to study proposal to create a state commission on indian affairs, HJR 12 Industrial hemp as agricultural and industrial product, federal government requested to repeal restrictions on production of, HR 2 Investments, Board of -- urging statutory limit be reached for investing coal tax trust funds in economic activities, HJR 6 Juvenile probation officer employment and salary issues, interim study requested, HJR 38 Legislature rules to govern proceedings house of representatives, HR 1 joint rules, SJR 1 senate, SR 1 clarification of certain rules, SR 2 televising/broadcasting deliberations of, requesting interim study for, HJR 18 Local governments and local officials, request for interim study of laws affecting, HJR 29 Managed mental health care, privatization -- interim study requested, HJR 35 Mansfield, Mike -- recognizing stellar career, the essential support of his wife maureen, and authorizing placement of statue on capitol complex commemorating that career, SJR 10 Medicare program, congress and executive branch of united states government urged to take action to require coverage of long-term care and prescription drug costs by, SJR 5 Missouri Basin irrigation power and development projects -- requesting congress, bureau of reclamation, and western area power administration be encouraged to keep energy rates stable for, HJR 27 National Corridor Planning and Development Program or Coordinated Border Infrastructure Program, encouraging appropriate officials to promote identified transportation corridors for participation in, SJR 8 National forest road closures and obliteration, requesting current federal policies be rescinded/suspended and that congress reaffirm directives that forest lands be managed in accordance with plans that provide for multiple-use management, HJR 26 Pompeys Pillar, expression of support for retaining historic name and resisting request to change it, HJR 23 Public Education, Board of -- basic economic and consumer principles and personal financial planning coursework, integration into model learner goals or content and performance standards for public schools urged, SJR 2 Public education -- supporting funding that is commensurate with growth of Montana's economy and inflation, that adequately compensates teachers, and that meets state's constitutional obligation, HJR 1 Revenue estimates for each year of the 2000-01 biennium, HJR 2 School districts encouraged to implement intergenerational school volunteer programs, HJR 21 School personnel trained in first aid and CPR to be present in every public school, urging, HJR 13 Schools encouraged to cooperate and coordinate with emergency services agencies in identifying local hazards, designing appropriate drills, and developing emergency management plans, HJR 20 School zones, department of transportation and local governments encouraged to establish uniform speed limit of 15 mph in, HJR 25 Sentencing statutes, data information collection and management, and issues related to -- interim study requested, SJR 14 Simonton, Richard A. -- appointment as district judge of seventh judicial district in glendive, SR 6 Social security, urging congress to provide for sound, long-term funding without resorting to privatization, SJR 13 Spaceport and technology facility in Montana -- urging participation in, support, and encouragement for location of and to nurture economic and regulatory environment to attract venturestar and space-related businesses to Montana, and to welcome lockheed-martin and other space-related industries to Montana, HJR 15 Special education, urging congress and president clinton to increase funding to meet federal commitment under the individuals with disabilities education act, HJR 28 Subdivisions, sanitation in -- environmental quality council requested to study implementation of statutes, SJR 17 Tobacco settlement proceeds, opposition to taking by federal government and requesting federal legislation to see that proceeds be paid to and retained by the states, SJR 12 Tribal representation requested on trade missions and on state boards and commissions promoting state growth and development, HJR 24 Unions, urging support of right of workers to form for purpose of collective bargaining, SJR 6, HJR 16 University system, education interim committee requested to study administration and funding, SJR 16 Vehicles, state-government -- urging purchase and use of those capable of being powered by renewable fuel, HJR 30 Voice menu answering systems, urging department of administration to develop policy and provide for training on appropriate use, HJR 31 Water pollution, nonpoint source -- recommendation that state agencies serve as role models for implementation and refinement of best management practices to reduce and recommendation that relevant agencies report progress and accomplishments to environmental quality council, SJR 3 Water resource policies and issues, encouraging new or revised federal policy to recognize and incorporate western state authorities and interests in, HJR 11 Women's prison issues, interim study requested, HJR 37 Workers' compensation, request for interim study of current level of benefits paid to injured workers and the frequency of indemnity claims, SJR 15 Y2K problem, encouraging people of Montana to prepare for possible disruptions of supplies and services as result of, HJR 32

SCHOOLS Basic economic and consumer principles and personal financial planning coursework, integration by board of public education into model learner goals or content and performance standards for public schools urged, SJR 2 Building maintenance, construction, reconstruction, technology acquisition, textbooks, and library materials -- funding for, HB 133, HB 347 Charter schools, establishment, SB 204 Child abuse and neglect interviews, requirements for school employees revised, HB 243 Class or activity not required for graduation, allowing student to not attend, HB 242 Computer equipment donated by small business corporations, tax deduction eliminated, SB 519 Corporal punishment, definition clarified, SB 3 County high school principal, report requirements revised, SB 69 Disabilities, out-of-district child with -- district serving to receive funds to pay for allowable costs, SB 422 Driver/traffic education instructors, private -- adoption of rules establishing certification requirements, HB 601 Drug use or other criminal activity, youth involved in -- notification to school, school authorized to expel or to refuse to accept youth, and education records to youth court and law enforcement when, HB 310 Emergency management plan, adoption, HB 37 Emergency services agencies -- schools encouraged to cooperate and coordinate with in identifying local hazards, designing appropriate drills, and developing emergency management plans, HJR 20 Enrollment and attendance laws abolishment, HB 242 lowering age to 6 years of age, HB 549 revision generally, SB 309 Fingerprinting and name-based criminal background check requirements for teachers and other school personnel, HB 590 Gifted and talented program, coordinator to be hired for, HB 608 Hays-Lodge Pole School District, appropriation for rebuilding lodge pole elementary school, HB 568 Home schools income tax exemption for parents or guardians for each dependent in, HB 510 requirements abolished, HB 242 Income tax exemption for parents or guardians for each dependent in public or nonpublic elementary or secondary grades including home school program, HB 510 Indians' cultural heritage, state's recognition and commitment to establish educational goals that will preserve cultural integrity -- implementation of constitutional provisions, HB 528 Internet use, filtering and blocking of access to obscene or otherwise illegal material, HB 376 Montana history as part of basic program, requirements, HB 599 Noncertified employees, wages and benefits to be paid during emergency school closures and allowing unemployment insurance benefit payments between academic terms and during vacations and holidays, HB 247 Private schools, requirements abolished, HB 242 Public education -- resolution supporting funding that is commensurate with growth of Montana's economy and inflation, that adequately compensates teachers, and that meets state's constitutional obligation, HJR 1 Revision of specific provisions, SB 69 Special education congress and president clinton urged to increase funding to meet federal commitment under the individuals with disabilities education act, HJR 28 cooperatives, hiring of unlicensed speech-language pathologists and audiologists allowed under certain conditions, HB 301 Speed limit in school zones, department of transportation and local governments encouraged to establish uniform limit of 15 mph, HJR 25 Subdivisions, facilities attributable to -- local governments to collect payments from subdividers to pay for all or part of capital costs, HB 434 Surplus state property, donating to school districts for classroom use authorized, HB 584 Tax credit for elementary and secondary education expenses for dependent minor, HB 318 Tuition agreements eliminated except those negotiated with other states or provinces, SB 422 Tuition contracts for services for out-of-district students, interlocal agreements authorized and establishing formula to determine amount that sending district may be charged, SB 422 Volunteer programs, intergenerational -- development encouraged, HB 401, HJR 21 Weapon possession law, clarification making it illegal to possess weapon in or on school property, SB 65 making it illegal to possess weapon on school grounds and including pellet guns and BB guns as weapons, HB 45 offense of possession of weapon in building to include with purpose to commit criminal offense, HB 566

SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION Buses additional, allowing district to purchase from bus depreciation reserve fund, SB 299 liability insurance, increase in minimum amount and submission to electorate, HB 589 Field trips, allowing costs to be paid out of transportation fund budget, HB 472 Individual transportation contracts, reimbursement for -- authorization revised, SB 150 Revision of specific provisions, SB 69 Routes extended to transport pupils from outside service area without approval of electorate prohibited, HB 456 Services limited to high school district in high school district that encompasses an independent elementary school district when, HB 220

SEWAGE DISPOSAL AND SEWER SYSTEMS County water or sewer district and municipal water or sewer system governing body prohibited from/establishing requirements to be met before requiring property owner to pay outstanding charges for services when they are incurred by renter, SB 74 County water or sewer districts director or trustee positions, appointment provisions clarified, HB 289 financing, revision and clarification of laws and authorizing levy of special assessments to pay improvement costs, SB 269 governing body, election or appointment provisions revised, SB 488 powers clarified, HB 288 Delinquent sewer charges, notice requirement changed and allowing delinquent sewer or water service assessment list to be filed with department of revenue, HB 99 Health, local boards of -- authority modified and clarified relating to sanitation in subdivisions, SB 433 Industrial or commercial user, provision of water and sewer utility services by municipality or district to -- does not constitute beneficial use in the service by, HB 248 Revenue bond provisions clarified, HB 320 Septage disposal, requirements established and requiring licensure of persons engaged in, SB 126 Subdivisions, inspections required prior to installation of sewage systems, HB 666

SHERIFFS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM Guaranteed annual benefit adjustment, removal of provision that stops adjustment if recipient becomes active member of another retirement system, SB 295 Optional benefits, certain benefits to revert back to regular retirement benefits upon member's request if contingent annuitant dies or marriage is dissolved and settlement or family law order does not entitle them to optional benefit, SB 457 Purchase of service for periods of illness or injury, provision for, HB 182

SMALL BUSINESSES Board of Review, composition revised, SB 26 Business equipment tax abatement for new businesses, HB 272 Job creation loan program, requirement removed that only small businesses may receive job credit interest rate reduction for participation, HB 237 Licensing coordination provisions, administration responsibilities transferred, HB 73 Registration and licensing, additional state agencies to participate and transfer of funds authorized, SB 26 Small business investment company provisions, revision to ensure compliance with federal law and authorizing additional companies, SB 169 Small employer health insurance carriers prohibited from considering as eligible employees those who have waived coverage because of other existing health insurance coverage, SB 115 reinsurance program and board eliminated and providing transition for persons already ceded to reinsurance program, SB 347 Solid waste management district charges for home-based business in family residential unit, rate limited, HB 17 State purchasing, general revision of small business purchasing act, HB 581 Tax deductions for small business corporations, elimination, SB 519

SMALL CLAIMS COURTS Corporations suing or defending suits on debts, allowing representation in court by person not an attorney or by corporate director or officer, HB 227 Procedures revised, HB 263

SMOKING AND SMOKERS Local government buildings, authorizing rather than requiring smoking and nonsmoking areas, HB 212 Local governments to determine smoking and nonsmoking policies for public spaces within their jurisdiction, HB 408

SOCIAL SECURITY Congress urged to provide for sound, long-term funding without resorting to privatization, SJR 13 Death certificates, number required unless federal government exempts Montana from requirement, SB 30 Driver's licenses applications to include number, SB 76 Fish and wildlife license applications to include number, SB 76 Medicare program, congress and executive branch of united states government urged to take action to require coverage of long-term care and prescription drug costs by, SJR 5 Privacy of numbers, requirements, HB 637

SOCIAL WORK EXAMINERS AND PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS, BOARD OF Appointments to, SR 7

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT Container site, definition revised, SB 321 District boards, department of revenue to provide information to use in determining rates for service charges and assessment of fees for database development costs, SB 239 Garbage carriers hauling garbage on highway allowed to exceed total gross weight limitations, SB 374 Home-based business in family residential unit, rate of charges by district limited, HB 17

SPACEPORT AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITY Urging participation in, support, and encouragement for location of spaceport and technology facility in Montana, and to nurture economic and regulatory environment to attract venturestar and space-related businesses to Montana, and to welcome lockheed-martin and other space-related industries to Montana, HJR 15

STATE GOVERNMENT American Red Cross, state employees as volunteers providing disaster relief volunteer service -- granting of paid leave for, HB 583 Collective bargaining, public employer representative to petition to redetermine appropriate unit upon significant reorganization of agency, HB 474 Competition, freedom from government competition provisions and interim study requested, HB 515 Competitive market, definition provided, HB 567 Construction contractor's money withheld, deposit of amount retained into interest-bearing account and interest to be paid to contractor, SB 240 County tax collection duties, assumption -- transfer of revenue on same-day basis, SB 208 Debts owed to, collection -- uniformity of and standardizing provisions, HB 166 Drug and alcohol testing, state to implement qualified testing program to test prospective new public officers and employees as condition of hire, HB 489 Electronic mail -- using to accept public comment electronically, dissemination of electronic mail address and documents required, and fees prohibited, HB 616 Electronic transactions with state agencies and local government units, provision for, HB 188 Federal land -- urging full funding of payments in lieu of taxes, the proper harvest of allowable sale quota for timber, and renewal of compact with state and local governments to contribute fair share of taxes on, HJR 19 Fees, revision of laws authorizing governmental entities to charge and revision of statutes containing delegations to agencies to establish, SB 256 Firearms, restriction on regulation of use and exceptions, HB 149 License or permit applications, notice of estimated turnaround time to be included, HB 66 Lodging facility use tax exemption eliminated for facilities that do not charge more than 60% of amount authorized for state reimbursement for lodging while on state business within state, HB 287 revising distribution of tax revenue paid for in-state lodging and providing tax be returned to fund from which paid, HB 674 Motor vehicles, state-owned or leased, See MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS Noncompete provisions, HB 515 Parents, fundamental right to direct upbringing of their children -- interference prohibited, SB 152 Property owners compensation provided for parcels of property for which fair market value is substantially and disproportionately reduced by actions of state agency and exemption, HB 559 protection of property from natural disasters, civil proceeding or prosecution prohibited for actions taken by owner, HB 441 Retirement service for employees whose positions are eliminated by reduction in force, privatization, or agency reorganization -- provision indefinitely extended for employer to help purchase, HB 494 Settlement authority and procedure of state agencies revised and providing for deposit and use of proceeds, SB 46 Social security numbers, prohibiting use and exception, HB 637 Squaw -- compilation of list of/identification of all geographic features and places containing term and removal from maps, signs, or markers and providing for appointment of advisory group to develop replacement names, HB 412 Surplus state property, donation to school districts for classroom use authorized, HB 584 Telecommunications services providers, competition with -- prohibited, SB 332 Telecommuting, promoting for employees of all branches, SB 431 Telephone calls from public, voice menu answering systems department of administration urged to develop policy and provide for training on appropriate use, HJR 31 state agencies not to use prerecorded systems to answer, HB 144 Termination scheduled for state agency programs, provisions for and legislation exempting from unfunded mandate law the amounts required to be spent by local government units as result of, HB 501 Transportation contracts with certain intrastate transportation providers, compliance, HB 259 Tribal representation requested on trade missions and on state boards and commissions promoting state growth and development, HJR 24 Truth in Government Act, SB 382 Wage and tax laws, employer's noncompliance with federal or state -- departments to share information about, HB 547

STATE LANDS Access across public land to private and public land, continuation ensured, HB 352 Agricultural leases, methods of leasing revised, SB 7 Easement across, application for -- allowing survey prepared using global positioning system technology/data collected through use of alternative survey methods to accompany, SB 276 Environmental Policy Act, actions taken under -- exemptions created, HB 142 Equalization payments to include land on which state conducts farming or ranching operation, SB 454 Ethics education pilot program for violators injuring persons or property on, HB 291 Forest land report by Board of Land Commissioners to trust beneficiaries, requirements, SB 411 General recreational use, constitutional amendment to ensure Montana residents do not need to have state license or to pay state fee for/allowing the state to require a fee for, HB 488 Grazing leases, methods of leasing revised, SB 7 Invalid provisions, removal, HB 80 Isolated state land classifications, reciprocal access agreements for management, HB 96 Powell County, state payment for land on which state conducts a farming or ranching operation, SB 454 Recreational use license and fee eliminated, HB 564 Resource development account deduction of 3 %, termination date removed, HB 35 Surplus land and improvements, sale and disposition of proceeds, HB 102 Timber conservation license in lieu of sale of timber, HB 485 Trust land management functions, funding authorized, SB 48 Wild medicinal plants, moratorium on harvest or removal from, SB 178

VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION County in which college of technology is located, levy requirement eliminated, HB 433 Resident student vocational-technical training scholarship program and advisory council, HB 631 State plan, requiring superintendent of public education and commissioner of higher education to work cooperatively on, SB 393

WATER USE Appropriation provisions, revision generally, HB 95 Appropriation rights, large-scale changes -- legislative affirmance requirement limited to changes for out-of-state transportation and use, SB 9 Bitterroot River Basin subbasins temporarily closed to further appropriations and reservations and exceptions, HB 429 Cabin site leases on water project lands, expired provision deleted, SB 44 Canal projects, obsolete statutory directives and procedures removed and purchase preference for water users' associations applied to all department projects proposed for disposal, SB 29 Chief water judge, appointment by supreme court -- senate concurrence, SR 3 Clark Fork River Basin, temporary closure to further appropriations and reservations for consumptive uses and exceptions, SB 468 Conservation districts, authorization for involvement in water project development, HB 284 Environmental Quality Council, assistance with interagency coordination related to water resources added to water policy duties, HB 458 Fish, Wildlife, and Parks -- Department of, allowed lease terms for public recreational use on water project lands extended, SB 44 Ground water assessment account, allocations to -- revision, SB 248 Ground water characterization and monitoring programs, appropriations for, SB 248 Ground water program fee collections, redirection, SB 248 Ground water source of 35 gallons a minute or less, person developing on another person's land -- notification of landowner in advance of proposed development and appropriation, SB 371 Irrigation water rights, voluntary sharing confirmed and voluntary pooling allowed, HB 195 Leasing of salvage water, instream flow leasing program term extended, longer term for conservation projects, and increase in number of stream reaches that can be leased from, SB 98 Missouri Basin irrigation power and development projects -- requesting congress, bureau of reclamation, and western area power administration be encouraged to keep energy rates stable for, HJR 27 Municipal water rights in waters classified as A-Closed, criteria for presumption of nonabandonment, SB 235 Power sale restrictions for power generated by state facility, removal, SB 40 Reclamation plan required to provide sufficient measures to prevent pollution of surface and ground water, applicant to provide financial assurance in performance process, and clarifying burden of proof in action for damages to water supply, HB 520 Recreational users of state waters, revision of boat and personal watercraft operation to reduce conflicts, HB 626 Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge and Wilderness Area, reserved water rights compact between united states fish and wildlife service and state of Montana, SB 216 Subdivisions, water rights delivery system easements in proposed subdivisions -- provision for, HB 205 Water judge -- limiting authority to amend claims, limiting department assistance after issuance of certain decrees, and allowing defense costs to be awarded against frivolous claims, objections, and notices, HB 407 Water resource policies and issues, encouraging new or revised federal policy to recognize and incorporate western state authorities and interests in, HJR 11 Water users' associations canal projects, purchase preference applied to all department projects proposed for disposal, SB 29 stock subscription or contract, stock certificate, or articles of incorporation -- recording fee increased and submission to electorate, SB 282

WEAPONS Brady Law, memorializing/urging congress to repeal, HJR 5 Concealed weapons breath tests for persons suspected of carrying while under the influence of alcohol and revocation of permit for refusal to take test, SB 186 nonresidents having permit issued by their state may carry concealed weapon in this state, HB 459 permit provisions revised, HB 566 Disabled hunters, designated shooter/companion to assist, SB 241 Eddie Eagle Elementary Gun Safety Education Program, superintendent of public instruction and school districts encouraged to adopt, HJR 14 Firearms, state government regulation of use -- restriction on and exceptions, HB 149 Governmental right to sue firearms or ammunition manufacturer, trade association, or dealer in tort or for abatement or injunctive relief, HB 566 Machine guns, provisions revised, SB 472 Records checks of purchasers, provisions revised and interim study of methods for state law alternative method for, HB 566 School weapon possession law, clarification making it illegal to possess weapon in or on school property, SB 65 making it illegal to possess weapon on school grounds and including pellet guns and BB guns as weapons, HB 45 offense of possession of weapon in building to include with purpose to commit criminal offense, HB 566 Silencers, provisions revised, SB 472, HB 566